Sweet Dreams Baby

You won't need any extra plug ins for this tutorial.

The Keith Garvey tube that I used can be purchased from MPT

The other supplies you can download here

Save the font in the zip on your desktop and then open it. It will show up in

you fonts in PSP when you need it later.

Save the mask with your masks.

Here we go:

1. Open the ac_nightsky~AC image.

2. Layers>New Raster Layer

Click Ok.

3. Click on your floodfill tool and floodfill the image white.

4. Layers>Load/Save Mask>Load Mask From Disk

Find Mask 179 in the drop down. Make sure there are dots in Source Luminance,

Fit to Canvas and Hide All Mask. Cllick Ok.

5. Layers>Invert Mask Adjustment

6. Layers> Merge>Merge Group

7. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow

Vertical & Horizontal: 2 Opacity: 85 Blur: 3.00 Color: #000000

Click OK

8. Layers>Merge>Merge All

9. Copy and paste your tubes onto the image. Arrange them like above

or to your taste. I used the same drop shadow as in step 7. For the star

I resized it by 65% for the one on the top left. If you're using a

copyrighted tube that you've purchased don't forget to add that info

and your license number now.

10. Add your name or other text. I used the included font with the

foreground and background color #9acaed and the font size: 48

11. Selections>Select All (ctrl + A)

Selections>Float (ctrl + F)

12. Effects>3D Effects>Inner Bevel

Bevel #2 Smoothness: 0 Color: White

Width: 8 Depth: 1 Angle: 315

Ambience: -3 Intensity: 50

Shininess: 0 Elevation: 30

Click ok

13. Selections>Select None

14. Effects>3D Effects>Drop Shadow

Same Settings

15. Layers>Merge>Merge All

16. Open Animation Shop and then open the image you just

created in there. I use PSP 9 so what I do is just copy it in

PSP then right click on a blank space in Animation Shop and click

Paste As New Animation.

17. Now we need to dulplicate the image you made in PSP so:

Edit>Duplicate Selected

We need a total of 11 frames so you need to repeat this until underneath

your last frame it has F:11 D:10

If you make too many frames, click on the border around thelast frame

so just that one is selected then Edit>Delete. Do this until you have just 11 frames.

Use the scroll at the bottom of your frames and scroll all the way to the

left so that you're back to the first frame if it already isn't. On your

keyboard Ctrl + A to select all frames.

18. Open the star line bling.

19. Ctrl + A to select all frames then Ctrl + C to copy them.

20. Go back to your image that you made in Paint Shop and on your

keyboard Ctrl + E

21. Move your mouse and all you should see is the first star. That's perfectly okay

because they'll all show up in the finished product. Move your mouse

until the star is as shown below and click once.

22. Now click the view animation button (looks like a red film strip on thetop right hand side of Animation Shop) to watch your animation.23. I resized mine by 85%. Save and enjoy. If you have any questions, please leave a comment.